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Chapter 202: 202

A month later .

The pandemic situation of the outside world did not hinder the progress of the Spire Experimental Base at all, which was built seven-hundred meters below the surface .

In the eighth-level of the experimental base where the level-4 biosafety lab was situated, Chen Chen was studying closely a clear image of the virus .

The gene mapping of the Blacklight virus had been researched thoroughly by Little X .

The RNA of the filovirus contained 1467 genes and 50 gene coding . The virus could also perform functions that were not discovered in other viruses such as RNA recoveries and the conversion of messenger RNA into proteins .

Typically, such information could allow for the commencement of vaccine production . However, common forms of vaccines, which were live attenuated vaccines and inactivated vaccines were unsuitable to be used against Ebola viruses .

On the other hand, if genetic engineering methods were to be considered, there already existed a routine method out there . The method required using adenoviruses or vesicular stomatitis viruses to swap out the proteins of BE-006 to restructure the virus .

Adenoviruses were a group of viruses that typically infected vertebrae . It possessed a viral affinity for the lymph gland and was incapable of killing its host . As a result, they made excellent candidates for such tasks .

It functioned like this – certain key elements of the adenoviruses would first be “deleted” and “paired along” with more dangerous viruses . The adenoviruses would behave like a small vehicle, “touring” the dangerous viruses around the body’s immune system . This would allow the immune system to recognize the dangerous viruses and form antibodies against them .

When the true virus invaded the body, the immune system was then capable of mobilizing its armies to swiftly destroy the viruses .

However, to produce a vaccine of such manner would take at least three months even with the aid of the entire world . According to Little X’s predictive analytics, Namibia would have descended into total anarchy by then .

The middle-to-bottom layers of the government were already dead by now .

If they were to wait for the vaccine to be released, Africa’s death toll would have reached 300 million . Chen Chen’s Eco Science City would also be gone by then . After all, it was difficult to erect defensive structures that could completely fend off an airborne virus .

In the past few days, riots had also ensued among the citizens .

In the beginning, the international relief teams were still distributing foods and different sorts of medical supplies to the citizens outside of Eco Science City . However, following the increasing death toll, many halted their operations in fear .

Disease, death, famine, and crimes ran rampantly around the country . The regions outside of Eco Science City had turned into a battleground where Death himself had descended upon .

Looking at the situation out there, Chen Chen and the international community were under immense pressure . Although things had not completely spiral out of control, Chen Chen was also aware that they were slowly running out of medical resources .

The staff of Eco Science City and Namibia’s armies were consuming more than 20000 disposable protective suits on a daily basis . As the resources were becoming scarce, even the military personnel were beginning to show signs of infection .

It would not be long before the dominoes tiles eventually reached Eco Science City and crumbled under the intense pressure .

Hence, Chen Chen needed a quicker way to produce the virus vaccine and serum .

If it was not for Africa, it was also for himself…

Then, Chen Chen took a deep breath and said determinedly, “Little X, let the Black Knights of the nuclear power plant be on stand-by . I’m heading over there immediately . ”

“So, you’ve decided?” Little X replied .

“There’s no other choice . If we don’t come up with a vaccine fast enough, Africa will be gone and all my efforts and work along with it . It’ll be the equivalent of wasting two years of my life . ”

Chen Chen followed the complex protocol of removing his protective suit and exited the Spire Experimental Base . He then put on a new set of protective suits before entering the lift that ascended to the surface .

After that, Cheng Cao drove Chen Chen to his nuclear power plant .

Meanwhile, the Black Knights had made all necessary preparations in the substation . They sealed the area around a computer, forming a negative pressure isolation room . To enter the room was easy but to exit the room, one would need to go through an even complex sanitization procedure .

Chen Chen did not enter the room, but instead took a turn into the main control room to retrieve his USB drive that had been left charging for a month .

The prolonged charging had once again restored the shiny glow to the USB drive .

Bringing the USB drive into the isolation room, Chen Chen plugged the USB drive into the computer and looked at the monitor screen .

He noticed the addition of a new movie appearing on the screen .

[Resident Evil . mp4]

Chen Chen had mixed feelings about this .

Today, Chen Chen no longer needed to make meticulous preparations just to obtain a few hundred grams of resources like he used to . Following the construction of the nuclear power plant, his ability to garner resources had increased tremendously . He had also unintentionally discovered a new feature of the USB drive .

A black hole that allowed him to travel into a movie-like world .

This black hole was not one that was similar to the real celestial object bearing the same name . Instead, it resembled more like a wormhole, more specifically the Schwarzschild wormhole .

Chen Chen had intended to travel into the world of Resident Evil 1 .

In the real world, there were only two kinds of filoviruses, which were the Ebola virus and Marburg virus . However, while Chen Chen was contemplating the pandemic, he thought of the virus in this movie .

According to the movie’s setting, the T-virus was also a form of filovirus .

Moreover, in the world of Resident Evil, biotechnology had been developed to its peak, becoming capable of producing a terrifying virus like the T-virus that could eradicate mankind .

If Chen Chen could retrieve information related to the T-virus or the world’s technology from the Hive, it would be tremendously useful in researching the vaccine for BE-06 .

Furthermore, Resident Evil was considered the only movie so far that featured sophisticated biotechnology .

In terms of the movie’s communication of the biotechnological aspects as well as its story plot, other zombie movies trailed far behind .

Chen Chen was no longer hesitating and he immediately plucked the USB drive into the computer .

He opened up the USB drive folder and moved the cursor onto [Resident Evil . mp4] file . Chen Chen then hit the [ctrl+c] button and then hit the [ctrl+v] button in the USB drive .

Then, the loading bar immediately filled swiftly and the 2002 American-produced movie was then successfully copied into the USB drive .

With no further delay, Chen Chen double-clicked on the movie and his vision immediately turned into pitch black . When he finally recovered his senses, he saw a long black tunnel on the screen .

Like a black whirlpool, he could vaguely see the tunnel spinning in a counterclockwise rotation . Although the size of the tunnel appeared to be confined within the screen, it somehow provoked a feeling that it was a tunnel of unimaginable size .

The dimension between reality and Resident Evil had now been linked together…